Common questions, straight answers.

Market Compass is a free research workspace for US stocks and ETFs. It connects a scanner, charts, a dated technical score, company news and filings with economic observations, upcoming releases and sector context. It does not place trades or tell you what to buy.

No. Compass runs in your browser, including Chrome. You do not need TradeStation, TradingView, a broker connection or an indicator installation. Open any number for a plain-language explanation and its source.

Email membership is free. No card is required and no billing subscription is created. If a paid plan is introduced later, joining it would require your separate agreement. Free membership never automatically turns into a paid subscription.

Compass focuses on US stocks and ETFs, the US economy and all 11 major stock-market sectors. The core economic observations cover the Fed’s policy range and effective overnight rate, two-year and ten-year Treasury yields, consumer-price inflation and unemployment. Selected commodity research uses dated official reports. The calendar includes selected issuer-confirmed earnings and declared dividend dates for saved symbols, with incomplete company coverage. Canada-specific releases are not included.

No. Scanner quotes and TradingView charts may be delayed. MarketCompass Score uses completed daily or weekly price bars, not a live intraday reading. Official economic sources are checked daily at 22:30 UTC; monthly reports describe an earlier month and can later be revised. Check the observation, retrieval and score dates before relying on a view.

It is a 1–10 long and short technical strength reading for a selected US stock or ETF when enough licensed price history is available. Open the factor breakdown to inspect trend, breakout, selling and nearby-level evidence, plus the source and latest completed bar. It describes past prices; it does not predict a return or recommend an entry.

Yes. Statistical agencies may revise an earlier estimate when they receive more information or update their methods. That differs from a chart indicator changing its historical signals, often called repainting. Always check the date and original source before relying on a number.

It uses dated official inflation, employment, Treasury yield and Fed rate observations to show a directional evidence read and conditional cut, hold and hike scenarios. A published Fed year-end projection is labeled separately. It does not estimate the odds of the next decision or predict investment returns. No live market-implied probability feed is connected.

No. It explains a common relationship, such as how borrowing costs can affect a business. Actual prices also depend on expectations, company results and other events. A sector explanation is not a ranking, trading signal or forecast for your strategy.

Check that your email address is correct and look in spam. Codes expire after ten minutes. Follow any wait time shown before requesting another, and use the newest code. You must be at least sixteen years old and use an email address you control.

Open Membership & settings to sign out or delete your free account. Signing up sends sign-in emails and does not add you to a marketing list. Sector and watchlist preferences are saved in your browser; clear the site’s browser data if you also want to remove those preferences.

Use ordinary language: say which page or ticker you opened, what you expected and what actually happened. Include your browser, the time of the problem and any visible error message. For a data question, include the source and observation or score date. Never share a sign-in code.